As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown